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Biography
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British Victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style. His paintings were enormously popular and expensive, during his lifetime, but fell out of critical favour for many decades in the early 20th century.
Leighton was the bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day, his hereditary peerage became extinct upon his death.
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Frederic, Lord Leighton The Spies Escape
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Frederic, Lord Leighton Cain and Abel
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Frederic, Lord Leighton Samson and the Lions
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Frederic, Lord Leighton Abram and the Angel
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Frederic, Lord Leighton Samson at the Mill
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Frederic, Lord Leighton Eliezer and Rebekah
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Frederic, Lord Leighton Moses Views the Promised Land
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Frederic, Lord Leighton Death of the First Born
published 1881
Artist as subject
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Sir Max Beerbohm The Man from Hymettus. Mr Frederick Leighton
1916